Guidelines for one-year FEBS fellowship

Guidelines for one-year FEBS fellowship

Volume 1 227. number January FEBS LETTERS 1988 FEBS News Guidelines for One- Year FEBS Fellowships (1) These Fellowships are intended to support...

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Volume

1

227. number

January

FEBS LETTERS

1988

FEBS News Guidelines for One- Year FEBS Fellowships (1) These Fellowships are intended to support one-year stays of members of FEBS Constituent Societies in a laboratory of another country within the FEBS area. The amount of money allocated per Fellowship will be up to 30 000 DM based on the cost of living in the receiving

country

plus travel expenses

to and from the receiving

may be provided. (2) Applications to work in a laboratory

in the same country

(3) Eligible candidates

of a FEBS Constituent

shall be normally

shall be members

laboratory

and town of origin.

in which the applicant

is working

A family

or normally

help up to 3600 DM

works are not considered.

Society for at least one year before the application

is submitted.

They

has been applied

for.

less than 35 years old at the time of application.

(4) FEBS Fellowships

may not be used to complement

(5) FEBS Fellowships

are not renewable.

(6) A statement

be made by the applicant

should

other types of support

if another

Fellowship

for the same visit.

or other type of help for the same project

(7) Eellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their dependents; neither are they insured against accidents during their travel or stay. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its Fellowships as agents or employees of FEBS and accepts no liability

in respect

recipients covered

of any of their actions

of Fellowships

are, therefore,

by the necessary

or activities

or in respect

of the health

and safety of their persons.

urged to make sure that they and their families

that receive them are fully

with tax privileges.

It is the sole responsibility

insurances.

FEBS is a non-governmental

organization

of the recipient

of the award

(8) Applications

should be written

whose awards

to pay any tax which

are not automatically

endowed

may be levied upon it by the corresponding

in English and shall include the following

documents

(original

authorities. and five copies arranged

A. Curriculum vitae of the applicant with a list of publications (do not include abstracts). B. Extended research plan (no more than five pages) with TITLE, nature of the project, methodology, why the particular

laboratory

C. A letter of acceptance will work

indicating

has been chosen.

A detailed

from the legal head of the receiving

the agreement

D. A letter supporting

In their own interest

and the institutions

with the proposed

the application

E. A letter from the corresponding

of the project

Institute

subject

from an experienced

FEBS Constituent

summary

in this order):

goals and justification

as to

of one page shall be included.

and signed also by the leader of the group

in which the applicant

of research. scientist

who knows

Society stating

the work of the applicant.

that the applicant

is a member

of it and giving the date of admis-

sion to the Society. (9) Fellowships Committee

will be awarded

before

MA Y

(10) The Fellowships Fellowships

during

the annual

FEBS Meeting.

1st of the corresponding

should

year.

start within six months

Applications

Retrospective

of the award.

(11) The applicant

must send to the Chairman

FEBS and two reprints (12) No grant

of the Fellowships

be considered.

A longer delay would need the permission

Every publication

of the Fellowships of work executed

shall be sent to the Chairman

for research

or bench

Committee during

of the Fellowships

fee will be given to the Institutes

(13) Applications should be sent to the Chairman of the Fellowships Only a limited number of Fellowships is available.

Chairman

cannot

of the Chairman

of the

Committee.

of the end of the Fellowship.

Contact

shall be received by the Chairman

applications

a report

about

the work performed

the time of the Fellowship

within three months

must acknowledge

the help of

Committee.

accepting Committee

to take a FEBS Fellow. (see address

below).

address: of the FEBS Fellowships

Committee:

Dr C. Gancedo Institute

de Enzimologia

Facultad

de Medicina

Arzobispo

Morcillo,

28029 Madrid Spain

CSIC UAM

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Tel. (91) 733 0100

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